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Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 248,000 in September, and the
unemployment rate declined to 5.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services,
retail trade, and health care.

Women detained at an immigrant holding facility in southern Texas
allege workers there have sexually abused them, including by removing
them from their cells at night for sex as well as fondling them in front
of others, lawyers wrote in a letter to federal officials this week.

North Carolina Latinos have a chance to play a major role in deciding
whether Democrat Kay Hagan holds on to her U.S. Senate seat or hands it
over to Republican Thom Tillis.

Latinos make up only a fraction, about 2 percent, of the North
Carolina’s nearly 7 million registered voters. In a race that’s razor
tight, even a small number of votes can make a difference between who
goes to Washington.

The Pentagon made a surprise announcement on Thursday to let
undocumented immigrants serve in the United States military — but few of
them are likely to get into the armed forces under the new policy,
experts told VICE News.

As a result, everyone from immigration advocates to Republican congressmen are pissed off.

Latino and immigration advocacy groups are busy organizing
registration drives, and others are running eduation campaigns. The
November elections could be a referendum by voters on the Obama
Administration and Congress' failure to pass comprehensive immigration
reform.

As the nation celebrates National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday,
Latinos are being told that the only way to influence real policy
changes is by exercising the power of their vote during this year’s
midterm elections.